Mexican Culture ... Mexican-Americans ... Famous Mexican Americans

Folktales are excellent vehicles for exploring a culture and its values. Class, heritage, food, and religion are all major contributors ... Cuckoo/Cucu: A Mexican Folktale/Un Cuento Folklorico Mexicano.

The Weeping Woman; (La Llorona) ... by Joe Hayes ... This is a story that the old ones have been telling to children for hundreds of years.

Read stories and learn about the folk beliefs that are intricately woven into the fabric of Mexican daily life. ... Proverbs in Mexican American Tradition; A scholarly article reporting on research

Read stories and learn about the folk beliefs that are intricately woven into the fabric of Mexican daily life. ... An excellent selection of over 80 myths about the ancient Mexican gods,

I would sit for hours in his library in San Jose, California reading Ferdinand the Bull (or struggling, as it was in Spanish) and other Spanish folktales he had collected.

I will be updating this list as I discover new sites and links to learn about myths, legends and folktales.

: Identify and explain several Mexican-American folktales. ... Students will learn the importance of folktales in any culture and will be able to retell several different Mexican folktales.

The Bear and His Sons : Masculinity in Spanish and Mexican Folktales by James M. Taggart, Beatrice Taggart (Illustrator)

Folktales and myths about trees sorted by country of origin. ... Sort by Country ... Note: Tales for each country are listed so that Featured Tales precede story links, with contributor's name followed